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R v ASHLEY SEARLES (2012)

PUBLISHED November 22, 2012
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[2012] EWCA Crim 2685

A sentence of two years' detention imposed after trial for an offence of robbery was quashed and a hospital order pursuant to the Mental Health Act 1983 s.37 was substituted in the light of a psychiatric report which stated that the 20-year-old offender suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and his mental disorder was such that it was appropriate for him to continue his current treatment in hospital for his own health and safety and the protection of others.

CA (Crim Div) (Treacy LJ, Fulford J, Judge McCreath)

22/11/2012

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